Assistance Features
Weather Forecasts
Pocket can now report the weather all around The United Kingdom and the world. Using its inbuilt GPS to determine the weather in your current location. To hear weather information you can say What is the weather? What is the temperature? Or for a ...
Time
Pocket knows the time where you are and the current time around the world. To find out the time in your location or around the world: Just Say What is the Time? to know the time and date locally. Just say What is the time in Boston or another city, ...
Reminders
You can also use Pocket to set reminders. Setting reminders To set a reminder, say Remind me in 20 minutes to turn off the oven or Remind me in 1 hour to turn off the oven. After the amount of time you specified has passed, Pocket will say turn off ...
Magnifier
The Magnifier feature allows you to capture images of your surroundings using your device. The magnifier can then assist you in enhancing or enlarging the image, or it can be used to identify objects or read text within the image. Capturing an image ...
Assistance Calls
Using Pocket you can set up contacts who will be alerted in the case of an emergency. To alert your device to an emergency, make an assistance call by saying make assistance call Making assistance contacts Assistance contacts are contacts which will ...
Be My Eyes
IntroductionBe My Eyes is an organization that connects blind and low-vision people with sighted volunteers for visual assistance through a live video call. Setting up a Be My Eyes accountIn order to use Be My Eyes and start a call with a sighted ...
Orientation
Pocket can tell you your current location. Just say, Where am I? and Pocket will give you the closest street address, as well as the nearest cross street. If the location does not sound very accurate, then try again, as it sometimes takes a while to ...
Outdoor Location
Pocket's outdoor location function allows you to set names for locations while you are outdoors, such as your local grocery store or a friend's house. When this function is on, it will also tell you when you are close to any of your set locations. ...